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REVIEWS AND COMMENTARY

THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH

W. EUGENE BROADHEAD, BERTON H. KAPLAN, SHERMAN A. JAMES, EDWARD H. WAGNER, VICTOR J. SCHOENBACH, ROGER GRIMSON, SIEGFRIED HEYDEN, GOSTA TIBBLIN, and STEPHEN H. GEHLBACH

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  • Medicine..Genetics
  • Medicine..Stress
  • Medicine..Cardiovascular Genetics
  • Medicine..Epidemiology
  • Medicine..General Practice / Primary Care
  • Medicine..Pediatric Psychiatry
  • Medicine..Psychiatry

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